Early Life
Endicott Peabody, nicknamed "Chub", was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to Mary Elizabeth (née Parkman) and Malcolm Endicott Peabody. He served in the United States Navy during World War II, where he was decorated with the Silver Star for gallantry for service as a Lieutenant aboard the USS Tirante. He earned A.B. and J.D. degrees from Harvard College and Harvard Law School, before being admitted to the Massachusetts bar on October 14, 1948.
An All-American star defensive lineman for the Harvard football team, he was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He was a grandson of the founder of the Groton School and Brooks School, also named Endicott Peabody. He ran for political office unsuccessfully in Massachusetts several times. In 1962 he was elected Governor, upsetting Republican Governor John Volpe by only 4,431 votes out of over 2 million cast.
He served a single two-year term, but in 1964, fellow Democrat Lieutenant Governor Francis X. Bellotti ran against him, defeating the sitting Governor in the primary. In 1966 he ran for a seat in the United States Senate and lost by a wide margin to then-state Attorney General Edward Brooke. Also during the United States presidential election, 1960 he coordinated John F. Kennedy's Presidential campaigns in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire
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